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Upgrade to Next.js 16 with Turbopack and React 19#22

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nextjs-16-upgrade
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Upgrade to Next.js 16 with Turbopack and React 19#22
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Summary

  • Upgrades Next.js from 14.2.5 to 16.1.4 with Turbopack as the default bundler
  • Upgrades React and React DOM from 18.3.1 to 19.2.3
  • Adds PR checks workflow for automated testing and Docker build validation

Closes #18

Changes

Core Upgrades

  • Next.js: 14.2.5 → 16.1.4
  • React & React DOM: 18.3.1 → 19.2.3
  • ESLint: 8.57.0 → 9.0.0 (required for Next.js 16 compatibility)

New Features Enabled

  • Turbopack (stable): Default bundler with 5-10x faster Fast Refresh and 2-5x faster builds
  • Turbopack Filesystem Caching (beta): Faster dev startup on subsequent runs
  • React Compiler (stable): Automatic memoization without manual optimization
  • Proxy Pattern: Migrated from middleware.js to proxy.ts per Next.js 16 conventions

CI/CD Improvements

  • Added automated PR checks workflow that runs on all PRs to main:
    • Runs full test suite (141 tests)
    • Validates Docker build without pushing
    • Uploads coverage reports to Codecov

Performance Improvements

Before (Next.js 14.2.5):

  • Build: 615ms compilation time
  • Standard webpack bundler

After (Next.js 16.1.4 with Turbopack):

  • Build: 2.9s compilation time (parallelized, more workers)
  • Dev startup: 506ms
  • Turbopack enabled for faster development experience

Testing

✅ All 141 tests passing across 13 test files
✅ Production build successful
✅ Dev server working with Turbopack
✅ Docker build validated
✅ Proxy/middleware authentication flow working correctly

Files Changed

  • .github/workflows/pr-checks.yml (new) - PR validation workflow
  • proxy.ts (new) - Renamed from middleware.js with updated export
  • middleware.js (deleted) - Replaced by proxy.ts
  • next.config.mjs - Added React Compiler + Turbopack config
  • package.json - Updated dependencies
  • __tests__/middleware.test.mjs - Updated to test new proxy function
  • __tests__/mam-token.test.mjs - Minor test improvement from codemod

Migration Notes

No breaking changes for the application logic. The codebase was already using modern Next.js patterns (App Router, route handlers) which made the upgrade smooth. The only user-facing change is the performance improvement from Turbopack.

- Upgrade Next.js from 14.2.5 to 16.1.4
- Upgrade React and React DOM from 18.3.1 to 19.2.3
- Upgrade ESLint from 8.57.0 to 9.0.0 for Next.js 16 compatibility
- Enable Turbopack as default bundler (5-10x faster Fast Refresh, 2-5x faster builds)
- Enable Turbopack filesystem caching for faster dev startup
- Enable React Compiler for automatic memoization
- Migrate middleware.js to proxy.ts per Next.js 16 conventions
- Update test suite to reference new proxy.ts file
- All 141 tests passing
- Add automated PR checks that run on pull requests to main
- Run test suite (141 tests) to ensure code quality
- Validate Docker build without pushing to registry
- Run linter to catch code style issues
- Use GitHub Actions cache for faster builds
- Include coverage reporting to Codecov (non-blocking)
- Add 'needs: test' to docker-build job
- Docker build now only runs after tests pass
- Saves CI time by failing fast if tests fail
- Update existsSync mock to return false for 'secrets' directory
- This allows mkdirSync to be called and mocked properly
- Removes debugging code added by codemod that was masking the issue
- All 141 tests now passing
- Replace HTML 'class' attributes with React 'className' in TokenManager
- Fixes console error: Invalid DOM property 'class'
- Affects <a> tag (line 215) and <i>/<code> tags (line 219)
@masonfox masonfox merged commit ffe9f2f into main Jan 23, 2026
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@masonfox masonfox deleted the nextjs-16-upgrade branch January 23, 2026 14:08
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